BHS boys tennis downs Victor Valley 12-6, completes sweep

RIDGECREST — In its last home game of the regular season, the Burroughs boys tennis team rolled to victory. The Burros beat Victor Valley 12-6 on Tuesday at BHS courts to complete a season sweep of the Jackrabbits in DSL play.

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By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA

By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Apr. 30, 2014 at 7:02 PM

By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Apr. 30, 2014 at 7:02 PM

RIDGECREST — In its last home game of the regular season, the Burroughs boys tennis team rolled to victory. The Burros beat Victor Valley 12-6 on Tuesday at BHS courts to complete a season sweep of the Jackrabbits in DSL play.

“Things went pretty well today,” Burros head coach Kenold Prince said. “We’re trying to get things ready for the league finals.”

Burroughs (8-8, 8-3 DSL) dominated singles play to beat Victor Valley for a third time this season. The Burros won eight of nine singles sets against the Jackrabbits, including a half-dozen bagels by 6-0 margins.

“They played solidly — their main concern was the No. 1 and they handled him pretty easily,” Prince said. “Hopefully they keep on improving and make an impact — I’d like to see one of them qualify and go on to CIF.”

Playing singles for the first time this season, No. 3 singles player Gary Ribultan took two of his three sets with scores of 6-0, 6-0 and 4-6. The typical doubles player’s only loss was to Victor Valley’s No. 1 player.

On the doubles side, Burroughs won four sets and went winless against the Jackrabbits’ No. 1 team. BHS’ No. 1 doubles team of Minhkhoa Vu and Chase May rebounded from a 4-6 defeat with a pair of 6-1 wins.

“We kind of struggled in doubles — they moved the lineup around a little bit,” Prince said. “The doubles had a little trouble.”

The No. 2 doubles team of Jonathan Heier and Allan Baker also took two of its three sets on Tuesday. Heier and Baker won by a 6-1 margin in each of the first two rounds before losing 6-7 (4) in the last round.

The No. 3 doubles spot went winless for Burroughs against Victor Valley on Tuesday. Sam Johnson and Alex Fisher suffered defeats of 6-7 (2) and 4-6 in the first two rounds, and the team of Matthew Bradford and Harrison Kolar lost 0-6 in the last round of play.

Burroughs returns to action on Thursday, when it concludes the regular season at Barstow — the match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. The Burros have won the previous two meetings with the Aztecs this season.